13-Sep-2010 By Stella Artois
Excitement is mounting throughout the drinks trade as the thrilling climax of the 2010 Stella Artois UK Draught Master approaches. Twenty of the...
13-Sep-2010 By Robyn Black
Diageo is launching an ambitious new initiative for its Smirnoff brand, in a bid to create buzz and excitement around the vodka globally. The...
13-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney
Marston's has teamed up with e-commerce provider iTradeNetwork to launch a new consumer beer ordering website. The new site, www.classicales.co.uk...
10-Sep-2010 By Robyn Black
Carlsberg is further boosting the fashion credentials of its female brand Eve by hosting two fashion swap events at bars this month.
CAMRA proposes levy on off-trade sales
10-Sep-2010 By James Wilmore
CAMRA has urged the government to consider a levy on bottles and cans of alcohol sold in the off-trade. The proposals have come in the group's...
High hopes for low-ABV wine range
09-Sep-2010 By Sonya Hook
Botany Creek, a new 7.5% ABV wine, will target the original generation of RTD drinkers
Rum Focus: A spirit that still has the fun factor
09-Sep-2010 By Jessica Harvey Jessica
"It's funny asking a person for their perception of what rum is," grins Richard Seale, owner of the Foursquare Distillery in Barbados and master...
09-Sep-2010 By John Harrington
A prominent regional brewer has mounted a robust defence of using restrictive covenants in pub sales — saying MPs that want them banned "don't know...
08-Sep-2010 By Roger Protz
Stockport's Arden Arms is packed. Even on a wet Monday. So what's the brewer's secret? Roger Protz reports.
Pernod Ricard boss slams minimum price proposals
08-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ
The boss of Pernod Ricard UK has joined the chorus of disapproval over the prospect of a minimum price for a unit of alcohol. Speaking after the...
Pepsi Raw withdrawn from UK market
08-Sep-2010 By Claire Dodd Claire
Pepsi Raw, the premium all-natural cola brand, has been withdrawn from the UK market following disappointing sales since its 2008 launch. In a...
08-Sep-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Whitbread plans to rollout the all-you-can eat offer to more of its Brewers Fayre estate after a successful trial. The group has been running the...
07-Sep-2010 By John Harrington
The Society of Independent Brewers (SIBA) says there's a "compelling argument" for equalising duty for beer and cider — but not spirits.
African lager Windhoek gets autumn push
06-Sep-2010 By Robyn Black
Diageo is spending £400,000 to boost the profile of its Windhoek lager this autumn.
AB InBev launches pub training scheme
06-Sep-2010
AB InBev has launched a national Quality Training initiative for UK pubs and bars as part of its 2010 Stella Artois World Draught Master marketing...
06-Sep-2010 By Jo Bruce
In this month's focus on how to drive drink sales around food, Jo Bruce looks at ideas for wines and beers to match with Mediterranean food. There...
'MPs face dearer beer in the Commons'
05-Sep-2010
MPs will have to fork out a lot more in their taxpayer-subsidised bars in the Houses of Parliament when they return to work tomorrow (Monday). They...
Arkell's to push ahead with beer festival
03-Sep-2010 By Jessica Harvey Jessica
In tribute to the death of its former chairman Peter Arkell, Swindon-based Arkell's has confirmed it will hold its beer festival on Saturday,...
03-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney
The furore over Diageo's controversial plea for the duty escalator to remain in place for all products except spirits continues apace. This time it...
Julian Grocock: Microbrewers are not parasites
02-Sep-2010
At least in this country such sentiments tend to get no further than ill-considered calls for the forced repatriation of those who are "over here,...
Craft Beers: The American way
02-Sep-2010 By Claire Dodd Claire
Specialist beer importer Nigel Stevenson turns down his Jarvis Cocker album and says: "The people who make American craft beers are quite engaging...
Matt Eley: Spirits leveller is not as fair as it first appears
02-Sep-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Both Diageo and the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) have put forward a compelling, if superficial, case to the Treasury calling for a radical reform...
Chris Maclean: A 36 hour opportunity to sell over 10,000 pints
02-Sep-2010 By Chris Maclean
In my cellar there are over 100 tubs of beer at the moment. The plan is that, by Monday, they should all be empty. I've a 36 hour opportunity to sell...
Pub Food Trends: Back to the future
02-Sep-2010 By Jessica Harvey Jessica
It's the end of a gruelling working week. The sky is grey. The recession is still making an impression on the overdraft. And the British public are...
Premium Beers Focus: What 'premium' means to you
02-Sep-2010 By Claire Dodd Claire
Various brewers like to plug their products as being the second best standard premium lager or best-selling premium lager with the letter E in its...
SNP opts for 45p minimum price
02-Sep-2010
The Scottish government has today proposed that the minimum price of a unit of alcohol should be 45p. Scotland's Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon...
Spirit producer tax plans would 'devastate' pubs
02-Sep-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Calls by spirits companies to overhaul the alcohol duty system would "devastate" beer production and lead to more pub closures, according to trade...
02-Sep-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Two pubs have each won a £2,000 makeover courtesy of Glidden Trade's Paint and a Pint competition, run in association with the Morning Advertiser....
Premium Beers Focus: News of the brews
01-Sep-2010 By Claire Dodd Claire
Kronenbourg 1664 Kronenbourg 1664 earned a Silver Licensee's Choice award in The Publican's Market Report 2010 in August and claimed a double gold...
Premium Beers Focus: The premier league
01-Sep-2010
What makes people pay more for some beers than others? Fancy fonts? Posh glassware? High ABVs? Low ABVs? Multi-million pound advertising campaigns?...
BBPA: Fairer beer duty would create 30,000 new jobs
01-Sep-2010 By James Wilmore
Around 30,000 new jobs would be created if beer was treated more fairly in the duty system, the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has told...
01-Sep-2010 By Ewan Turney
Around 30,000 new jobs could be created if beer was given a fairer deal in alcohol duty, the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has claimed.
31-Aug-2010 By Robyn Black
A citrus-flavoured Brazilian cachaça is ready to hit UK pubs and bars — Salto has a lower alcoholic strength than other cachaça brands, at 24% ABV.
Join Jack Daniel's birthday celebrations and win prizes for your pub
31-Aug-2010
Jack Daniel's is giving readers the chance to win over £200 worth of merchandise for their pub as well as tickets to an exclusive concert to...
'Wine glass that can hold an entire bottle 'promotes heavier and irresponsible drinking''
31-Aug-2010
Wine glasses that can hold an entire bottle 'promotes heavier and irresponsible drinking' say doctors. The 9in tall glass can hold an entire 750ml...
Diageo calls for alcohol tax to be 'equalised'
31-Aug-2010 By James Wilmore
Drinks giant Diageo is urging the UK government to raise duty levels on beer, wine and cider to bring them in line with spirits. In its submission...
31-Aug-2010 By Sonya Hook
English wine is to become a major feature of one south-west London pub from next month. The owners of the Bricklayer's Arms in Putney were so...
31-Aug-2010 By Robyn Black
The Aussie Spirits company is launching three new drinks into the UK market, following success in its homeland. Vodka O, Tequila Blu and Kinkylux...
31-Aug-2010 By John Harrington
Diageo has called for spirits duty to be frozen — but the alcohol duty escalator on other drinks to remain until they are taxed at the same rate....
27-Aug-2010 By Roger Protz
The rise of the micros has inspired creativity across the industry, says Beer expert Roger Protz.
Pernod Ricard's festive plans
27-Aug-2010 By Jessica Harvey Jessica
Pernod Ricard has unveiled marketing plans to "drive premium" across its key brands in the build-up to Christmas, including a range of television...
27-Aug-2010 By Sonya Hook
Pernod Ricard UK plans to boost its marketing plans for the 2010 Christmas period by giving four of its brands festive spots on TV. The drinks...
27-Aug-2010 By Ewan Turney
Stella Artois has launched a new on-trade quality training scheme for bar staff across the country as part of its World Draught Master programme....
26-Aug-2010 By MA Reporter
The Morning Advertiser has teamed up with SIBA to hold the second SIBA Pub Retail Conference after the success of last year's inaugural event.
Diageo boss says 'no' to minimum pricing
26-Aug-2010 By Hamish Champ
Applying a minimum price to alcoholic products will not reduce the problems associated with binge drinking in the UK. So argued Paul Walsh, chief...
Brewing centre gets royal approval
26-Aug-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
The National Brewing Centre is to get the royal seal of approval when it is officially opened by Princess Anne. The Princess Royal - who opened the...
Hardys wine sponsors Channel 4's first iPhone app
26-Aug-2010 By Robyn Black
Hardys wine and Channel 4 are to launch the TV channel's first iPhone app, for its popular Come Dine With Me show as part of a muti-million pound campiagn
26-Aug-2010 By Lesley Foottit
The National Brewery Centre in Staffordshire will be officially opened by Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal, next month. The Burton upon Trent...
26-Aug-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Diageo has revealed a 9% increase in UK volumes and a 5% rise in sales — but a decline in on-trade volumes despite the stabalisation of pub closures.
25-Aug-2010 By Ewan Turney & The PMA Team
The GMB has accused Leicestershire brewer and pub operator Everards of charging tenants excessive prices on beer — but the brewer said it makes an...
